Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 16, 2000 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2000 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Meyers 2b 3 0 0 0
  Spradlin p 0 0 0 0
  Greene ph 1 0 0 0
  Worrell p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 1 1 0
Sosa rf 4 1 2 2
Grace 1b 5 2 2 0
Brown lf 4 1 3 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 3 1 1 3
Buford cf 3 0 1 1
Girardi c 4 0 1 0
Garibay p 1 0 0 0
  Gload ph 1 0 0 0
  Rain p 0 0 0 0
  Huson ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Polanco 2b 4 3 3 0
Paquette 1b,lf 2 1 1 0
  Drew ph,lf 2 0 2 1
Edmonds cf 3 0 0 1
Davis rf 3 1 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
Tatis 3b 4 2 2 5
Dunston lf 1 0 0 0
  Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
Renteria ss 1 0 0 0
Matheny c 4 0 2 0
Stephenson p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Stechschulte p 0 0 0 0
  Saturria rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
Chicago 010 302 0006110
St. Louis 114 001 00x7100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Garibay   3.0 6 6 6 3 1
  Rain   2.0 1 0 0 4 3
  Spradlin  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Worrell   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
7
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Stephenson   5.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Stechschulte   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Timlin  W (3-1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4
  Christiansen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Veres  SV (27) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago R Brown 2 (8,off Stephenson 2); Gutierrez (17,off Stechschulte), St. Louis Polanco (11,off Garibay); Drew (17,off Spradlin).  HR–Chicago Andrews (12,4th inning off Stephenson 2 on, 1 out); Sosa (50,6th inning off Stechschulte 1 on, 2 out), St. Louis Tatis 2 (18,2nd inning off Garibay 0 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Garibay 3 on, 1 out).  SF–Buford (1,off Stephenson); Edmonds (8,off Garibay).  CS–Renteria (12,2nd base by Garibay/Girardi).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–3:24.  A–47,461.
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